SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the Mountain of the Druze — a natural fortress ...

Clashes at the end of April between local militias and Sunni fighters aligned with the new central authority have fueled this ...

The strike came after days of clashes between pro-Syrian government gunmen and fighters who belong to the Druze minority sect near the capital, Damascus. The clashes left dozens of people dead or ...

Clashes last week pitted Sunni fighters against armed Druze residents of the town of Jaramana southeast of Damascus, later spreading to another district near the capital and then south to the ...

Syria deployed security forces near Damascus to "restore security and stability" after Israel conducted a new wave of strikes targeting "extremists" who attacked members of Syria's Druze on Wednesday.

Israel conducted an attack near the presidential palace in Damascus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced. He also reiterated the promise that Israel will protect the Druze community in Syria.

Syria’s Druze community is divided among those wanting to work with the government, those seeking autonomy, and others ...

SWEIDA, Syria — The road from Damascus to Sweida winds through outcrops of black volcanic rock, past rainfed vineyards and olive groves and up to the Mountain of the Druze — a natural fortress ...

"There is no consensus between us and the Damascus government," Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, the Druze spiritual leader in Syria, told NPR from his village home in Sweida, a predominantly Druze ...